T-Bone Mendez

T-Bone Mendez (died 1992) was the boss of the Rifa gang of San Francisco and a leader of the Loco Syndicate.

Biography
T-Bone Mendez was from San Francisco, California, and he became the leader of the Rifa gang of Nortenos. Mendez later formed a partnership with the pimp Jizzy B and the undercover CIA agent Mike Toreno, forming the Loco Syndicate and shipping crack down to Los Angeles. In 1992, he was doubtful about Carl Johnson's entry into the syndicate as a hired gun, and he was right to be so; CJ betrayed and killed Jizzy and crashed Mendez's crack deal with Ryder Wilson and the Ballas gang. T-Bone was mortally wounded by CJ and Cesar Vialpando at the end of Pier 39 during th ensuing shootout, and he was shot a few more times before falling off of the pier and into the Pacific Ocean.